Verisk Analytics (VRSK) Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verisk Analytics in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" VRSK shares.
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14 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Verisk Analytics' stock. Their VRSK share price forecasts range from $187.00 to $288.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $240.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% from the stock's current price.
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Verisk Analytics' stock was trading at $176.42 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, VRSK shares have increased by 35.8% and is now trading at $239.57.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 7th 2023.
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Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The business services provider reported $1.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.40 by $0.11. The business services provider earned $675 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $653.13 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 18.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 83.76%.

Verisk Analytics announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 14th. Investors of record on Friday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 14th.
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Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.56%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 41.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VRSK will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.64% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Verisk Analytics issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.50-$5.70 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.53. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.63 billion-$2.66 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.63 billion.

166 employees have rated Verisk Analytics Chief Executive Officer Scott Stephenson on Glassdoor.com. Scott Stephenson has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Scott Stephenson in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Verisk Analytics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VRSK."

Verisk Analytics' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (336.30%), BlackRock Inc. (8.42%), State Street Corp (4.20%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.56%), Parnassus Investments LLC (2.46%) and Brown Advisory Inc. (2.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce Edward Hansen, Christopher M Foskett, Constantine Iordanou, David B Wright, David J Grover, Kathy Card Beckles, Lee Shavel, Mark V Anquillare, Nicholas Daffan, Samuel G Liss, Scott G Stephenson, Therese M Vaughan and Wendy E Lane.
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One share of VRSK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $239.57.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) has a market capitalization of $34.69 billion and generates $2.50 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $953.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.31 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

Verisk Analytics' mailing address is 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ, 07310. The official website for the company is www.verisk.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (201) 469-3000, via email at eva.huston@verisk.com, or via fax at 201-748-1472.